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Vol. 21, No.2, March 1999
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Chemicals from Plants: Perspectives on Plant Secondary Products
Edited by N. J. Walton, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Lab.,
UK.
This book is principally concerned with the relatively complex small
molecules produced by plants, which are important as drugs, fine chemicals,
fragrances, flavors, and biologically active dietary constituents.
In a wide-ranging series of thematic essays, it covers key aspects
of their role in plant ecology; their metabolism in the plant; their
discovery, characterization, and use; and their significance in the
diet. Biotechnology, including prospects for the genetic engineering
of metabolic pathways, for biotransformations and also for the production
of biologically active proteins, is the focus of the final section
of the book. The overall aim of the volume is to provide, in each
of the selected subject areas, a personal critique which is readily
accessible to the advanced undergraduate student and to the nonspecialist
research worker alike.
Contents
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Classes and Functions of Secondary Products from
Plants (J. B. Harborne);
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Characterization and Control of Secondary Metabolism
(A. J. Parr et al.);
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Agricultural Production and Extraction (S. G. Deans
& K. P. Svoboda);
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Modern Methods of Secondary Product Separation and
Analysis (T. A. von Beek);
- Structure Elucidation of Plant Secondary Products (G. Massiot et
al.);
- Plant Drug Discovery and Development (M, Simmonds et al.);
- Conservation of Plant Resources (M. Simmonds & W. Blaney);
- Disease Prevention and Plant Dietary Substances (G. R. Williamson
et al.);
- Manipulation of Plant Chemical Production by Genetic Engineering
(C. R. Martin & A.. J. Michael);
- Production of Biologically Active Proteins in Plants (G. Lomonossoff);
- Biotransformations (M. C. R. Franssen et al.);
- Biotechnology and Plant Secondary Products-The Future (V. De Luca).
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